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Four pranksters arrested for squirting
water at Tom Cruise at the British premiere of War of The
Worlds were released on bail on Monday.

The four, filming a comedy sketch, were due to report back to
police on July 4 and could be charged with assault, a London police
spokeswoman said.

Cruise, 42, was on a red-carpet walkabout prior to the screening
of the latest adaptation of the H.G. Wells classic in London's
Leicester Square on Sunday when a bogus journalist stuck a joke
microphone in front of him.

As Cruise started to talk, he was squirted with water from the
microphone prompting the star to lose his cool.

"I'm here giving you an interview, answering your questions and
you do something really nasty ... you're a jerk ... jerk ... you're
a jerk," the actor told the prankster.

Cruise said it was "disgusting" that someone should act in such
a way.

"I really work hard to make people feel good," he said as he
towelled himself dry.

The joker and his three-man camera crew were filming a sketch
for a new entertainment show for British broadcaster Channel
4.

When the same stunt was played on Sharon Osbourne last month,
there was a very different outcome.

The wife of veteran rocker Ozzy Osbourne turned the tables on
the prankster when she hurled a bucket of water over him, the
Daily Mirror newspaper reported.

Channel 4 was forced to apologise to Cruise for Sunday's
incident.

"The stunt was intended to be light-hearted rather than
malicious and we would apologise to Mr Cruise for any offence
caused," a spokesman said.

About 5000 fans had waited hours in temperatures that hit 32
degrees to see their idol and his new fiancee Katie Holmes.

Cruise proposed to 26-year-old Holmes at the Eiffel Tour in
Paris on Friday. She attended the London premiere but was not
standing next to him when the squirting took place.